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Recent reviews

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  Escape at Dannemora 2018

  Watched 28 Nov 2024

  The prison break, much like the spirits of those with the unwavering gall to execute one, remains an impenetrable pillar of the American ethos. There's no question that prisons are more American than apple pie, rooted in the barbaric urge to torture and break the reprobate underclass in order to lick our historical wounds rather than address the blade that endless draws our blood. Comfortably in the greatest hits of great American contradictions, how can a national identity which postures…

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  What Happened to Monday 2017

  Watched 22 Sep 2024

  Boldly asks what if Soylent Green had seven main characters and wasn’t that good

Popular reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Jul 2023 1

  Didn’t expect the “literally me” Ken to be the one that forced Issa Rae to listen to him talk about the godfather but here we are.

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  Avatar 2009

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Jan 2023

  It’s a movie about a species of badass aliens fighting off imperialist capitalists in the most gorgeous setting you’ve ever seen and you expect me to care about some mediocre dialogue and cliches